Radiator ornament



June 14, 1932. Q WORMS RADIATOR ORNAMENT Filed April 15. 1931 ll 'll hyen/or CLARENCE WOKMS flffo/"ney Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATES CLARENCE WORMS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI RADIATOR ORNAMENT Application filed April 15, 1931.

My invention relates to improvements in radiator ornaments, and more particularly to a toy airplane to be used as such an ornament, and has among its objects, the production of such a device, which will simulate the banking efl'ect of an airplane.

Other objects of my invention are to construct such a device which will be neat and attractive in appearance, simple in construction, sturdy, interesting, and efficient and satisfactory for use wherever found applicable.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means for mounting an ornament of the kind described, upon a radiator or the like, and permit of the pivotal movement of the ornament about its mounting, in a plurality of planes at an angle to one another, to thereby cause the ornament to move freely about said support.

Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described, and the uses mentioned, will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, from the disclosures herein given.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the views,

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved device as mounted upon a radiator, and showing its appearance when banking to one side; and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the frame- ,work of the same, with the outer body removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, A represents the radiator cap of an automobile or the like, and to which it is desired to attach my ornament, which may be in the form of the airplane B as shown. The fuselage of the plane is indicated at 1, the same having side Wings 22 extending laterally therefrom, and the rudders being shown at the rear at 3.

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as shown at 4, wherein it is indicated as being formed and shaped of wire, and intermediate the front and rear of the same it is formed with side bearings 55. An axle 6 is provided, having trunnions 77 at its ends, loosely inserted through the bearings 55 of the framc-work at, to permit free pivotal movement of the latter in a substantially vertical plane.

The axle 6 is pivotally mounted intermediate its ends, as at its center, so that the same may be rotated in a plane inclined relative to the horizontal and vertical planes, or in other words, in an oblique plane. To do this, a supporting plate 8 is provided, to form a bearing for the axle, this plate being formed so as to lie in an oblique plane when in mounted position upon the radiator.

The axle is pivotally secured in place upon the plate as on a bearing, by means of any suitable securing means, as by the pin 9 projecting from the plate and through the center of the axle. Therefore the axle may rotate in a plane intermediate the vertical and horizontal. planes, or in an oblique plane.

Any object carried by the axle and pivotally secured to its ends, will have a freedom of movement in a substantially vertical plane (about the trunnions), and in an oblique plane (about the pin 9). This pivotal movement of the ornament in its support, about the longitudinal axis, and about an axis intersecting this longitudinal axis, will permit the ornament to bank, and thus if the ornament is an airplane, a life-like effect will be had, thereby greatly increasing the desirability of the device.

In order to limit the horizontal rotation of the ornament, and also to overcome any tendency of the ornament to tip over rearwardly, I provide a flexible element 10 secured to the forwardly projecting end of the ornament, the other end of said element being secured to a fixed element, as to the supporting rod 11 between the radiator cap and the plate. This supporting rod is secured at its upper end to the plate 8 and is of such a length and is inclined as desired, the lower end being suitably secured to the radiator cap.

Obviously, the ornament may rotate in the plurality of planes described, and if the ob- Ject is an airplane, it performs banking, one side edge of the airplane advancing in front of the other side edge and being elevated above the latter. I

Having thusdescribed my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in'the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, or uses mentioned, except as limited by the state of the art to which this invention appertains, or the claims hereto appended.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Ina device of the kind and in combination, an ornament; a support therefor; and means for mountingsaid ornament'on said support and including an axle having'its ends pivotally connected to and supporting said ornament, and means for pivotally mounting said axle intermediate its ends on said support on an oblique rotational axisso that the axle may rotate about its axis in a plane intermediate the vertical and horizontal planes.

2. In a device of the kind described and in combination, an ornament, a support therefor; means for mounting said ornament on said support and including a substantially horizontally extending axle pivotally connected to and supporting said ornament; and means for pivotally mounting said axle on said support so that the axle may pivot in an oblique plane.

3. In a device of the kind and in combination, a toy airplane; av support therefor; means for niovably mounting said ornament on said support so that it may be banked, and including an axle loosely pivotally supporting said airplane so that it has movement in a vertical plane; and means for pivotally mounting said axle intermediate its ends so that the latter may rotate in a plane oblique to the vertical and horizontal planes.

4. The combination with a supporting rod; of an'ornament; an axle for mounting the latter for pivotal movement in a vertical plane: and means intermediate the ends of In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

CLARENCE WORMS. 

